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We propose a novel deep-learning framework for super-resolution ultrasound images and videos in terms of spatial resolution and line reconstruction. We up-sample the acquired low-resolution image through a vision-based interpolation method;…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Simone Cammarasana , Paolo Nicolardi , Giuseppe Patanè

Image compression is a critical tool in decreasing the cost of storage and improving the speed of transmission over the internet. While deep learning applications for natural images widely adopts the usage of lossy compression techniques,…

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Nuclei detection is a key task in Ki67 proliferation index estimation in breast cancer images. Deep learning algorithms have shown strong potential in nuclei detection tasks. However, they face challenges when applied to pathology images…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Seyed Hossein Mirjahanmardi , Melanie Dawe , Anthony Fyles , Wei Shi , Fei-Fei Liu , Susan Done , April Khademi

We present a minimalistic but effective neural network that computes dense facial correspondences in highly unconstrained RGB images. Our network learns a per-pixel flow and a matchability mask between 2D input photographs of a person and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Ronald Yu , Shunsuke Saito , Haoxiang Li , Duygu Ceylan , Hao Li

We propose using a pre-trained segmentation model to perform diagnostic classification in order to achieve better generalization and interpretability, terming the technique reverse-transfer learning. We present an architecture to convert…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-26 Gautam Rajendrakumar Gare , Andrew Schoenling , Vipin Philip , Hai V Tran , Bennett P deBoisblanc , Ricardo Luis Rodriguez , John Michael Galeotti

In recent years, implicit functions have drawn attention in the field of 3D reconstruction and have successfully been applied with Deep Learning. However, for incremental reconstruction, implicit function-based registrations have been…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Yijun Yuan , Andreas Nuechter

Deep learning (DL) image registration methods amortize the costly pair-wise iterative optimization by training deep neural networks to predict the optimal transformation in one fast forward-pass. In this work, we bridge the gap between…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-13 Huaqi Qiu , Kerstin Hammernik , Chen Qin , Chen Chen , Daniel Rueckert

The speckle phenomenon remains a major hurdle for the analysis of SAR images. The development of speckle reduction methods closely follows methodological progress in the field of image restoration. The advent of deep neural networks has…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-29 Loïc Denis , Emanuele Dalsasso , Florence Tupin

Image registration is a widely-used technique in analysing large scale datasets that are captured through various imaging modalities and techniques in biomedical imaging such as MRI, X-Rays, etc. These datasets are typically collected from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Hassan Mahmood , Asim Iqbal , Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam

We study the problem of how to build a deep learning representation for 3D shape. Deep learning has shown to be very effective in variety of visual applications, such as image classification and object detection. However, it has not been…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-09-26 Zhuotun Zhu , Xinggang Wang , Song Bai , Cong Yao , Xiang Bai

Deep learning approaches have achieved highly accurate face recognition by training the models with very large face image datasets. Unlike the availability of large 2D face image datasets, there is a lack of large 3D face datasets available…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Meng-Tzu Chiu , Hsun-Ying Cheng , Chien-Yi Wang , Shang-Hong Lai

The cost-effectiveness and practical harmlessness of ultrasound imaging have made it one of the most widespread tools for medical diagnosis. Unfortunately, the beam-forming based image formation produces granular speckle noise, blurring,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-19 Sanketh Vedula , Ortal Senouf , Alex M. Bronstein , Oleg V. Michailovich , Michael Zibulevsky

Ultrasound Localization Microscopy can resolve the microvascular bed down to a few micrometers. To achieve such performance microbubble contrast agents must perfuse the entire microvascular network. Microbubbles are then located…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-13 Léo Milecki , Jonathan Porée , Hatim Belgharbi , Chloé Bourquin , Rafat Damseh , Patrick Delafontaine-Martel , Frédéric Lesage , Maxime Gasse , Jean Provost

In obstetric ultrasound (US) scanning, the learner's ability to mentally build a three-dimensional (3D) map of the fetus from a two-dimensional (2D) US image represents a significant challenge in skill acquisition. We aim to build a US…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Chiara Di Vece , Maela Le Lous , Brian Dromey , Francisco Vasconcelos , Anna L David , Donald Peebles , Danail Stoyanov

One of the biggest challenges for deep learning algorithms in medical image analysis is the indiscriminate mixing of image properties, e.g. artifacts and anatomy. These entangled image properties lead to a semantically redundant feature…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-22 Qingjie Meng , Nick Pawlowski , Daniel Rueckert , Bernhard Kainz

We propose a straightforward method that simultaneously reconstructs the 3D facial structure and provides dense alignment. To achieve this, we design a 2D representation called UV position map which records the 3D shape of a complete face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-22 Yao Feng , Fan Wu , Xiaohu Shao , Yanfeng Wang , Xi Zhou

2D biomedical semantic segmentation is important for robotic vision in surgery. Segmentation methods based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) can out-perform conventional methods in terms of both accuracy and levels of automation.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Xiao-Yun Zhou , Guang-Zhong Yang

In this work we reduce undersampling artefacts in two-dimensional ($2D$) golden-angle radial cine cardiac MRI by applying a modified version of the U-net. We train the network on $2D$ spatio-temporal slices which are previously extracted…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-14 Andreas Kofler , Marc Dewey , Tobias Schaeffter , Christian Wald , Christoph Kolbitsch

We explore different curriculum learning methods for training convolutional neural networks on the task of deformable pairwise 3D medical image registration. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to attempt to improve performance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Mihail Burduja , Radu Tudor Ionescu

Deep-learning (DL) algorithms are becoming the standard for processing ultrasound (US) fetal images. Despite a large number of survey papers already present in this field, most of them are focusing on a broader area of medical-image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-08 Maria Chiara Fiorentino , Francesca Pia Villani , Mariachiara Di Cosmo , Emanuele Frontoni , Sara Moccia